diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index 10f5471e21d3eb..5c352135dc3012 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function destroyer(stream, err) {
     // TODO: Don't lose err?
     stream.close();
   } else if (err) {
-    process.nextTick(emitErrorCloseLegacy, stream);
+    process.nextTick(emitErrorCloseLegacy, stream, err);
   } else {
     process.nextTick(emitCloseLegacy, stream);
   }